GOOD EVENING. IT WAS A MAINLY FINE VALENTINE'S DAY TODAY, BUT THE SOUTH-WESTERLY FLOW DELIVERED CLOUD AND SOME SHOWERS TO WESTERN AND SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. AND THERE WERE SOME PATCHES OF LOW CLOUD AND FOG AROUND THIS MORNING. TWO FEATURES BATTLING IT OUT FOR CONTROL OF OUR SKIES TOMORROW ` AN INCOMING HIGH AND A FRONT. LATER IN THE NEWS HOUR, I'LL TELL YOU WHERE IT WILL BE DRY AND WHERE THERE COULD BE SOME HEAVY, THUNDERY SHOWERES. RIGHT NOW IT'S 6 O'CLOCK. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF ONE NEWS WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. A DOUBLE MURDERER'S NEW BID FOR FREEDOM. WE HAVE REACTION FROM THE MAN WHO FOUND THE BODIES OF HIS SISTER AND NIECE. THE KILLER OF BABY JJ'S CALLED AN EVIL MONSTER. HEAR HOW LONG HE'LL BE BEHIND BARS. DELIVERING MORE BAD NEWS ON THE JOBS FRONT ` NOW OUR POSTAL SERVICE IS SHEDDING STAFF. # LOVE IS A BATTLEFIELD. # A LOVE STORY FOR VALENTINE'S DAY FROM A ROCKER WHO'S NO HEARTBREAKER. THE FAMILY OF MARK LUNDY'S WIFE AND DAUGHTER SAY IT'S 'GUT-WRENCHING' THE FAMILY OF MARK LUNDY'S WIFE AND DAUGHTER SAY IT'S 'GUT-WRENCHING' THE DOUBLE MURDERER'S TAKING THE CASE BACK TO COURT. HIS APPEAL WILL BE HEARD BY THE PRIVY COUNCIL IN LONDON. FAMILY AND FRIENDS ARE UPSET THEY'LL RE-LIVE THE 2000 KILLINGS ALL OVER AGAIN. RENEE GRAHAM WITH THIS FROM PALMERSTON NORTH. CONVICTED MURDERER MARK LUNDY HAS BEEN GIVEN A LAST CHANCE TO PROVE HIS INNOCENCE ` THIS TIME BEFORE THE PRIVY COUNCIL IN LONDON. GLENN WEGGERY DISCOVERED THE BODIES OF HIS SISTER AND NIECE (7), WHO WERE ATTACKED WITH AN AXE IN THEIR PALMERSTON NORTH HOME. HE SAYS THE APPEAL MEANS HIS FAMILY WILL FACE THE HORROR AGAIN. I PRETTY MUCH RE-LIVE IT EVERY DAY, COS HAVING BEEN IN THAT HOUSE AND HAVING SEEN IT, IT'S NOT AN IMAGE I'LL GET OUT OF MY BRAIN. LUNDY WAS CONVICTED OF MURDER IN 2002 AFTER A SIX-WEEK TRIAL. LUNDY CLAIMED HE COULD NOT HAVE KILLED HIS WIFE AND CHILD BECAUSE HE WAS IN WELLINGTON ON BUSINESS AND MET WITH A PROSTITUTE. BUT THE JURY ACCEPTED THE CROWN'S ARGUMENT THAT HE HAD TIME TO DRIVE TO PALMERSTON NORTH, COMMIT THE MURDERS AND RETURN TO WELLINGTON. GLENN WEGGERY SAYS IT'S 'GUT-WRENCHING' THE FAMILY WERE TOLD BY MEDIA THE BRITISH LAW LORDS WILL HEAR THE CASE. WE'VE HAD ENOUGH. IT'S A CASE OF WHILE THIS IS GOING ON, AMBER AND CHRISTINE AREN'T RESTING IN PEACE, COS, YOU KNOW... A COURTESY CALL EVEN FROM THE OPPOSITION SIDE OF THINGS WOULD BE NICE. LUNDY'S LEGAL TEAM WILL ARGUE THE CROWN'S CASE WAS BASED ON FLAWED SCIENCE. THEY'LL QUESTION KEY EVIDENCE, INCLUDING SPECKS OF BRAIN TISSUE FOUND ON MARK LUNDY'S SHIRT. THE SECOND GROUND IS THE TIME OF DEATH. AGAIN, WE SUGGEST THAT THE SCIENCE DEPLOYED TO DETERMINE THE TIME OF DEATH IN THE ORIGINAL TRIAL WAS SOME BAD SCIENCE, A FAMILY FRIENDS SAYS IT'S TRAGIC THE APPEAL IS GOING AHEAD. THERE'S TOO MUCH EVIDENCE AGAINST MARK, SO THE FACT THAT THEY'VE DECIDED THEY WILL ACCEPT IT IS PRETTY SCARY REALITY, REALLY. GOT A BUNCH OF LORDS 12,000 MILES AWAY. WHO KNOWS HOW THEY'RE GONNA CALL IT? FOR KILLING THE 2-YEAR-OLD IN 2011. WILL HINE WAS AT THE HIGH COURT IN AUCKLAND. HEADING TO JAIL, LOFFLEY'S LAST ACT WAS TO ACKNOWLEDGE HIS FAMILY IN THE PUBLIC GALLERY. HE'LL SPEND 19 YEARS BEHIND BARS BEFORE BEING ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE FOR MURDERING HIS PARTNER'S CHILD, JAMES LAWRENCE. HE STRUCK THE TODDLER SO HARD, HE SPLIT THE BOY'S PANCREAS AND LIVER IN TWO. LOFFLEY ROLLED HIS EYES AS BABY JJ'S AUNT, WHO WE CAN'T SHOW, TALKED OF THE PAIN THE DEATH HAD CAUSED. I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW A GROWN MAN CAN TAKE THE LIFE OF A BABY. I BELIEVE THOSE ACTIONS CAN ONLY HAVE BEEN OF AN INHUMAN, EVIL, SICK, TWISTED INDIVIDUAL. SHE DESCRIBED HIM AS A MONSTER, AS DID ANOTHER AUNT. I HAVE NEVER FELT SO ANGRY, BITTER AND HATEFUL IN ALL MY LIFE. I HATE YOU, JOEL LOFFLEY. YOUR EXISTENCE DISGUSTS ME. THE JUDGE SAID IT WOULD HAVE TAKEN EXTRAORDINARY FORCE TO SPLIT THE BOY'S ORGANS. THE LIKELIHOOD IS THAT WHEN YOU PUNCHED JJ OR KICKED HIM, YOU HAD HIM PINNED SO THAT HE COULD NOT MOVE AND THAT SO HIS SMALL BODY WOULD ABSORB THE FULL FORCE OF YOUR ASSAULT. DURING THE TRIAL, EVIDENCE WAS GIVEN THAT LOFFLEY HAD USED AN ASTHMA INHALER TO GIVE THE TODDLER CANNABIS. THE COURT ALSO HEARD THAT JJ HAD SUFFERED FREQUENT INJURIES, INCLUDING TWO BROKEN ARMS AND EXTENSIVE BRUISING. MANY OF THE INJURIES HE WAS FOUND TO HAVE SUFFERED MUST HAVE BEEN INFLICTED BY YOU. YOUR ASSAULT ON JJ THE DAY HE DIED WAS SIMPLY THE LAST AND MOST EXTREME. LOFFLEY'S LAWYER SAYS HIS CLIENT STILL BLAMES OTHERS FOR THE DEATH. BUT THE 30-YEAR-OLD'S YET TO CONVINCE HIS OWN FAMILY. IF THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT THEY COULD FIND TO VERIFY HE'S INNOCENT, MAYBE. BUT FROM WHERE I STAND, I SEE NOTHING. LOFFLEY WILL BE ALMOST 50 BY THE TIME HE'S ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE. WILL HINE, ONE NEWS. ACTIVIST TAME ITI WILL BE A FREE MAN IN LESS THAN A FORTNIGHT AFTER SERVING JUST 10 MONTHS OF HIS PRISON SENTENCE. ITI WAS JAILED FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS IN MAY ON FIREARMS CHARGES AS PART OF THE SO-CALLED 'UREWERA FOUR' TERROR RAIDS. THE PAROLE BOARD SAYS IT'S SATISFIED HE ISN'T AN UNDUE RISK TO THE COMMUNITY. ITI TWEETED THE NEWS, SAYING, 'IT'S A GOOD DAY. 'THEY ARE SENDING ME HOME. I CAN'T WAIT TO BE BACK WITH MY WHANAU. THERE'S BEEN ANOTHER BODY BLOW FOR WORKERS, WITH 200 JOBS GONE IN TWO DAYS. NZ POST'S THE LATEST TO SHED STAFF. A HUNDRED ARE TO GO A DAY AFTER CONTACT ENERGY ANNOUNCED A SIMILAR NUMBER. SHORTLY, POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN JOINS US LIVE WITH THE GOVERNMENT'S REACTION. BUT FIRST, GEORGINA BALL ON THE POST PROBLEMS. 70 JOBS WILL BE AXED WHEN NZ POST CLOSES THIS PRINTING PLANT AT PETONE. FOR THOSE PEOPLE IN AUCKLAND AND WELLINGTON, THIS IS A BITTER BLOW. GIVEN THE STATE OF THE ECONOMY AND UNEMPLOYMENT AT 7%, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT A PRETTY PLACE TO HAVE TO BE GOING, THE JOB MARKET. ANOTHER 30 JOBS WILL BE CUT AT THIS SITE IN AUCKLAND AS THE STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISE INVESTS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN NEW PRINTERS TO REPLACE STAFF. THE NEW TECHNOLOGY REQUIRES SIGNIFICANTLY LESS MANUAL INPUT AND OVERSIGHT. THE JOB LOSSES WILL BE OFFSET BY THE CREATION OF 30 JOBS AT DATAMAIL'S CHRISTCHURCH CENTRE, BUT THERE ARE CONCERNS ABOUT THE IMPACT ON LOWER HUTT'S ECONOMY. THE LOWER HUTT MAYOR, RAY WALLACE, SAYS THE CLOSURE OF THE PETONE PLANT IS A MAJOR BLOW FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THE CITY, WHICH HAD BEEN TRYING TO ENCOURAGE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT. HE SAYS HE WISHES NZ POST HAD TALKED TO THE COUNCIL BEFORE DECIDING TO SHUT UP SHOP IN PETONE. THE OPPOSITION IS ALSO ASKING IF ENOUGH'S BEEN DONE TO KEEP THE SITE OPEN. I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT ENQUIRIES THE STATE OWNED ENTERPRISES MINISTER MADE OF NZ POST. DID THE GOVERNMENT MEET WITH NZ POST TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANOTHER SOLUTION TO THIS? THE NZ POST JOB CUTS ARE THE LATEST IN A SERIES OF BIG LAY-OFFS BY OTHER MAJOR EMPLOYERS. YEP, WE DO SEE CHANGES. AND WE'RE GOING TO KEEP SEEING THOSE CHANGES. WE LOSE AND CREATE ABOUT 250,000 JOBS IN THE NZ ECONOMY EVERY YEAR. BUT THAT'S COLD COMFORT FOR THOSE ABOUT TO BE ON THE JOB HUNT, WITH THIS SITE DUE TO BE CLOSED FOR BUSINESS BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT YEAR. GEORGINA BALL, ONE NEWS. THE CONTACT ENERGY CUTBACKS ARE FUELLING FRESH DEBATE ON THE PARTIAL SALE OF STATE ASSETS. OPPONENTS FEAR IT WILL LEAD TO MORE JOB LOSSES. THIS FROM POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN. THE ASSET SALES ARE THE GOVERNMENT'S BIG POLITICAL PLAY. BUT WITH CONTACT NOW CUTTING JOBS, QUESTIONS ARE BEING RAISED ABOUT WHETHER JOHN KEY'S PLAN IS WIDE OF THE MARK. COMPANIES ALL THE TIME GO THROUGH VARIOUS PHASES OF RESTRUCTURING WHETHER THEY ARE PRIVATELY OWNED OF PUBLICLY OWNED. ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION HAS BEEN HUGELY PROFITABLE. PRIVATELY OWNED CONTACT ENERGY MADE $176M IN THE LAST FINANCIAL YEAR. BUT WITH AN OVERSUPPLY OF POWER AND FLAT DEMAND, CONTACT SAYS IT HAS TO CUT JOBS TO STAY COMPETITIVE. THIS SORT OF FOREIGN OWNED COMPANY CARES MORE ABOUT PROFITS THAN IT DOES ABOUT KIWI JOBS. THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT. THE FIRST SOE TO GO ON THE BLOCK, MIGHTY RIVER POWER, SAYS IT ISN'T PLANNING TO LAY OFF STAFF. MARKET ANALYSTS I'VE SPOKEN TO SAY THE SOE'S ARE LIKELY TO FACE GREATER BUSINESS PRESSURES ONCE THEY'RE ON THE STOCK EXCHANGE. AND THEY SAY THAT'S LIKELY TO MEAN COST-CUTTING LIKE CONTACT IS MAKING. JOHN KEY WAS RELUCTANT TO COMMENT ON REASONS BEHIND CONTACT'S DECISION BUT REMAINS POSITIVE ABOUT THE ENERGY OUTLOOK. EACH OF THE COMPANIES HAS A DIFFERENT PROFILE. THEY SOURCE ENERGY FROM A DIFFERENT PLACE, AND THEY HAVE DIFFERENT CONSUMERS. BUT OVER THE LONG TERM, IF YOU LOOK AT IT, AS THE ECONOMY GROWS, THE DEMAND FOR ELECTRICITY GROWS, AND I'M SURE THAT'LL CONTINUE INTO THE FUTURE. IN PARLIAMENT, QUESTIONS WERE ALSO FLYING OVER WHAT SORT OF PRICE THE GOVERNMENT MIGHT NOW GET FOR MIGHTY RIVER POWER. IS THE GOVERNMENT STILL PROPOSING TO SELL OFF AT LEAST TWO STATE-OWNED ELECTRICITY COMPANIES THIS YEAR AT THE BOTTOM OF THE MARKET? WE WILL CONSIDER EACH OF THOSE INDIVIDUAL SALES IN LIGHT OF THE MARKET CIRCUMSTANCES AT THE TIME, AND THE ADVICE THAT WE ARE RECEIVING FROM OUR ADVISORS IS TO CONTINUE PREPARING FOR SALE. MARKET ANALYSTS AGREE DEMAND FOR THE SOE'S SHARES IS STILL LIKELY TO BE STRONG. CORIN, MAINZEAL, CONTACT, NZ POST ` THE BAD NEWS KEEPS COMING FOR THE COUNTRY'S WORKFORCE. WHAT'S THE GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSE? ACCEPTS TOUGH TIMES AND ECONOMY IS SIMPLY NOT GROWING FAST ENOUGH TO CREATE ENOUGH JOBS. THEY DO POINT OUT THAT WHILE THERE ARE LOSES IN ONE INDUSTRY, THERE IS GROWTH IN OTHER AREAS. BIG FOCUS ON SKILLS TO RETRAIN THOSE INTO GROWTH AREAS LIKE CONSTRUCTION, THE ECONOMY ISN'T CREATING JOB FAST ENOUGH GIVES LABOUR A LINE OF ATTACK BUT WHETHER THEY WOULD STOP TODAY'S NZ POST JOB LOSSES IS HIGHLY DOUBTFUL. POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN. A CAMPAIGN'S BEING WAGED TO MAKE OUR LOWEST-PAID WORKERS BETTER OFF. THE SO-CALLED 'LIVING WAGE' IS BEING TARGETED AT BUSINESSES AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS WHO COULD AFFORD TO PAY MORE. NICOLE BREMNER REPORTS. LONG HOURS AT WORK AREN'T HELPING FA'ATAU MANOA PAY THE BILLS. IT'S LIKE A HEAVY BURDEN TO ME. IT'S THE SAME STORY FOR THIS YOUNG CHEF BURDENED WITH A STUDENT LOAN. I WORK 40 HOURS PER WEEK. I DON'T SAVE ANY BUCKS. IT ALL GOES ON THE EXPENSES. ADVOCATES SAY IT'S TIME WE TOOK A MORE HUMANE APPROACH TO THE LOWLY PAID. I JUST THINK THIS TRYING TO SCREW OUT THE MEANEST AMOUNT OUT OF PEOPLE IS DEHUMANISING, AND I THINK PEOPLE ARE FED UP WITH IT. SO THE PUSH IS ON FOR NZ TO FOLLOW AN INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN AND INTRODUCE A 'LIVING WAGE'. RESEARCHERS ESTIMATE $18.40 AN HOUR WOULD LET LOW-PAID WORKERS LIVE HUMBLY, RATHER THAN MERELY EXIST ON THE LEGAL MINIMUM WAGE OF $13.50 AN HOUR. THERE ARE OVER 300,000 WORKERS IN NZ EARNING ON OR NEAR THE MINIMUM WAGE IN VERY PROFITABLE BUSINESSES ` SUPERMARKETS, BANKS, CASINOS. THERE'S NO NEED FOR IT. BUT COUNTDOWN TOLD US IT'S FOCUSED ON DELIVERING COMPETITIVE FOOD PRICES TO KIWI FAMILIES. COUNCILS IN WELLINGTON AND AUCKLAND WILL LOOK AT THE LIVING WAGE RESEARCH, BUT CORPORATES WE SPOKE TO TODAY WERE MORE CIRCUMSPECT, SAYING IF THE COST OF SERVICES LIKE CLEANING WERE TO ESCALATE, THEY'D HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO LOOK AT CHEAPER OPTIONS. AND IT IS AFFORDABLE, AND THE COSTS ARE ACTUALLY NEUTRAL WHEN YOU ADD EVERYTHING UP. IF WE HAVE THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY, WE WILL SLEEP PROPERLY. FURTHER PROOF, IF NEEDED, THE NUMBERS JUST DON'T ADD UP FOR FAMILIES LIKE THE MANOAS. NICOLE BREMNER, ONE NEWS. PEOPLE WITH SERIOUS CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS COULD HAVE BEEN LET INTO NZ AFTER SENIOR TONGAN POLICE WIPED THEIR RECORDS. THE CASES ARE NOW BEING EXAMINED BY IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS. THIS FROM PACIFIC CORRESPONDENT BARBARA DREAVER. TONGAN POLICE ARE ONCE AGAIN IN THE FIRING LINE, THIS TIME FOR WIPING CRIMINAL RECORDS OF TONGANS WHO WANTED TO TRAVEL TO COUNTRIES INCLUDING NZ. BETWEEN 2005 AND 2008, WE KNOW OF 33 INSTANCES WHERE TONGAN CITIZENS HAVE OBTAINED THESE SO-CALLED CLEARANCES. BUT ONE NEWS HAS BEEN SHOWN A LIST OF 47 PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALLEGEDLY HAD THEIR CRIMINAL RECORDS DELETED. THEIR CONVICTIONS ARE SERIOUS AND INCLUDE BURGLARY AND ASSAULT. IT'S UNCLEAR AT THIS STAGE HOW MANY OF THE TONGANS WHO HAD THEIR CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS WIPED ACTUALLY MADE IT INTO NZ. BUT ONE NEWS HAS BEEN TOLD SOME OF THEM CERTAINLY APPLIED TO COME HERE. WE'VE OBTAINED THIS LETTER ADDRESSED TO IMMIGRATION NZ, GIVING A CONVICTED MAN POLICE CLEARANCE. IMMIGRATION NZ IS NOW WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE TONGAN POLICE. THEY'RE REASONABLY SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS. I'VE TALKED ABOUT OUR RELIANCE ON THESE CERTIFICATES, AND SO WE WOULD BE VERY CONCERNED IF THE ALLEGATIONS WERE... WERE TRUE. THE TONGAN POLICE ADMITTED TODAY THAT THEY ARE, AND HAVE ASKED THE SOLICITOR GENERAL TO HELP THEM INVESTIGATE TWO VERY SENIOR OFFICERS. BUT THE COMMISSIONER SAYS WIPING RECORDS WAS AN UNWRITTEN POLICY OF THE FORMER POLICE MINISTER. AT THE TIME THEY DID IT, IT WAS A POLICY THAT WAS TACITLY APPROVED ANYWAY BY THE PREVIOUS MINISTER. SEVEN TONGAN POLICE OFFICERS ARE CURRENTLY BEFORE THE COURTS CHARGED WITH MANSLAUGHTER IN TWO SEPARATE CASES. THIS LATEST INCIDENT IS ANOTHER BLOW. THIS IS SURPRISING, TO SAY THE LEAST. IT'S ALSO SURPRISING FOR NZ AUTHORITIES, WHO WONDER HOW MANY TONGANS WITH FALSIFIED POLICE RECORDS ARE NOW LIVING IN THIS COUNTRY. BARBARA DREAVER, ONE NEWS. SHANE JONES IS SET TO BE RETURN TO A SENIOR LABOUR PARTY POSITION AFTER A DRAFT REPORT CLEARED HIM OF ANY WRONGDOING IN AN IMMIGRATION CASE. THE MP WAS STOOD DOWN LAST YEAR AFTER APPROVING CITIZENSHIP FOR CHINESE MILLIONAIRE BILL LIU, OVERRULING OFFICIAL ADVICE. THE REASON WE COMMISSIONED THE REPORT WAS SO THAT SHANE COULD HAVE A CHANCE OF CLEARING HIS NAME. AND IF THAT HAPPENS WITH THE FINAL REPORT, THEN SHANE WILL COME BACK TO NORMAL DUTIES. A RESHUFFLE IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS WILL SEE MR JONES BACK ON THE FRONT BENCH. SNAPS OF THE DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE WITH HER BABY BUMP ARE NOW SET TO APPEAR IN A NZ MAGAZINE. WOMAN'S DAY IS IGNORING CONTROVERSY OVER THE IMAGES OF KATE, SECURING THE IMAGES IN A BIDDING WAR. BETH BATES HAS MORE. THE PHOTOS OF KATE MIDDLETON WERE TAKEN BY A TOURIST AS SHE HOLIDAYED ON A PUBLIC BEACH IN THE CARIBBEAN. ITALY'S CHI MAGAZINE IS THE SAME PUBLICATION THAT PRINTED TOPLESS PHOTOS OF THE DUCHESS LAST SEPTEMBER. AND WHILE THOSE PICTURES WERE NEVER PUBLISHED HERE, THE LATEST UPSET FOR KATE MIDDLETON WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM THIS SUNDAY IN WOMAN'S DAY. THERE WAS A RATHER FIERCE BIDDING WAR THIS WEEK, AND WE FINALLY SECURED THEM YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. BUCKINGHAM PALACE HAS CONDEMNED ANY PUBLICATION OF THE SHOTS, SAYING IT'S A CLEAR BREACH OF THE COUPLE'S RIGHT TO PRIVACY. AN AMERICAN MAGAZINE HAS BOUGHT THE IMAGES; SO HAS THE AUSTRALIAN WOMAN'S DAY, WITH THE MAGAZINE'S EDITOR SAYING READERS WILL BE DELIGHTED KATE LOOKS SO HEALTHY AFTER THE ROCKY START TO HER PREGNANCY. KATE'S ON A PUBLIC BEACH, THERE ARE OTHER HOLIDAYMAKERS THERE, AND SHE LOOKS FABULOUS. BUT THE BRITISH MEDIA IS STAYING WELL AWAY FROM UNBLURRED IMAGES. THEY HAVE A GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT WITH BUCKINGHAM PALACE NOT TO PUBLISH ROYAL PHOTOS OF THAT TYPE, AND IT'S BIG NEWS THAT THE PICTURES WILL BE SHOWN OVERSEAS. BUT WOMAN'S DAY NZ SAYS KIWIS LOVE KATE AND SHE SELLS THE MOST COPIES. IT IS ONLY A BRITISH MEDIA'S GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT REGARDING THESE SORTS OF PHOTOS, BUT EVERY OTHER COUNTRY IN THE WORLD WILL UNDOUBTEDLY PUBLISH THEM. AND MONEY TALKS. WHILE WOMAN'S DAY HERE WON'T SAY HOW MUCH THEY PAID FOR THE PICS, THEIR AUSTRALIAN COUNTERPART IS REPORTED TO HAVE SPENT $190,000 FOR THE RIGHT TO SHOW THE EXPECTING DUCHESS IN HER BIKINI. BETH BATES, ONE NEWS. STILL TO COME ON ONE NEWS ` ANOTHER DEADLY BUSHFIRE KILLS TWO FIREFIGHTERS IN AUSTRALIA. A KIWI TEAM IS ON THE WAY TO HELP BATTLE THE BLAZE. DRAMATIC PICTURES OF THE GUN BATTLE BETWEEN POLICE AND AN EX LA COP WANTED FOR A KILLING SPREE. AND THOUSANDS OF THE FAITHFUL GATHER FOR THE POPE'S LAST PUBLIC MASS BEFORE HE LEAVES THE VATICAN. SOUTH AUCKLAND POLICE HAVE CHARGED AN MAN (18) WITH THE MANSLAUGHTER OF HIS FRIEND WHO WAS SHOT DEAD WITH AN AIRGUN DURING A PARTY. SHAUN TOWNSLEY AND HIS FRIENDS WERE DRINKING AND SHOOTING TARGETS OFF A FENCE WHEN HE WAS KILLED. THE ACCUSED WILL APPEAR IN THE MANUKAU DISTRICT COURT TOMORROW. BUSHFIRES CONTINUE TO RAGE OUT OF CONTROL IN PARTS OF AUSTRALIA, INCLUDING A LARGE BLAZE THAT'S KILLED TWO FIREFIGHTERS IN VICTORIA. A TEAM FROM NZ IS HEADING OVER TO HELP BATTLE THAT FIRE NEAR THE TOWN OF HARRIETVILLE, NORTH-EAST OF MELBOURNE. AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT STEVE MARSHALL REPORTS. AS BUSHFIRE SMOKE RISES ABOVE VICTORIA, AUSTRALIAN FLAGS ARE LOWERED. THEY ARE AT HALF MAST FOR THE TWO FIREFIGHTERS KILLED ON DUTY. A WOMAN (19) AND A MAN IN HIS 30S WERE CRUSHED BY A TREE THAT FELL ON THEIR VEHICLE. THE DEATH OF ANY FIREFIGHTER IS TRAGIC. TO LOSE YOUNG, DEDICATED PEOPLE OUT THERE DOING THEIR JOBS IS ESPECIALLY SO. EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS AND RUGGED TERRAIN PREVENTED EMERGENCY CREWS FROM REACHING THE SCENE UNTIL WELL AFTER THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED. THEY WERE OUT THERE AS PART OF A TASK FORCE, SO MULTIPLE VEHICLES WORKING IN TANDEM, ACTIVELY FIGHTING AN EDGE PART OF THE FIRE. I WITNESSED THE DANGER FIRE-RAVAGED TREES PRESENT WHEN I JOINED A TEAM OF VISITING NZ FIREFIGHTERS TODAY, A SECOND WAVE OF NZ FIREFIGHTERS LEFT TO BATTLE AUSTRALIAN BLAZES. THIS TEAM OF 44 IS HEADING TO REMOTE VICTORIA BUSHLAND, AND THEY'RE AWARE OF THE DANGER CREATED BY BURNED-OUT AUSTRALIAN NATIVE TREES. WHEN THEY'VE BEEN AFFECTED BY FIRE, THEY JUST FALL OVER. IT IS A REAL RISK, YOU KNOW, AND I IMAGINE THAT IT WILL BE HIGH ON OUR RADAR ALL THE TIME WHEN WE ARE IN THAT ENVIRONMENT. BUSHFIRES CONTINUE TO WREAK HAVOC ACROSS THE COUNTRY, WITH TWO HOMES DESTROYED SOUTH OF PERTH. TONIGHT, FIRES CONTINUE TO THREATEN LIVES AND PROPERTY ACROSS AUSTRALIA. STEVE MARSHALL, ONE NEWS, SYDNEY. THE EUROPEAN UNION IS DEMANDING TOUGH DNA TESTS ON PROCESSED MEATS TO TACKLE THE GROWING HORSEMEAT SCANDAL. MINISTERS GATHERED IN BRUSSELS TO PROPOSE A SERIES OF RANDOM CHECKS TO ENSURE THE QUALITY OF MEAT PRODUCTS. THE MEETING TODAY SHOWED COMPLETE DETERMINATION THE MEETING TODAY SHOWED COMPLETE DETERMINATION TO REASSURE THE CONSUMER THAT WHEN THEY GO AND BUY A PROCESSED BEEF PRODUCT, THEY GET BEEF AND THEY DON'T GET HORSE. THE TESTS WILL ALSO DETERMINE WHETHER POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS HORSE DRUGS HAVE CONTAMINATED THE FOOD SUPPLY. POLICE IN CALIFORNIA ARE TRYING TO IDENTIFY A BODY FOUND IN A BURNT OUT CABIN. IT'S BELIEVED TO BE THAT OF A FORMER POLICE OFFICER WHO MURDERED FOUR PEOPLE. CHRISTOPHER DORNER'S KILLING SPREE CAME TO AN END AFTER HE WAS SURROUNDED BY OFFICERS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. US CORRESPONDENT JACK TAME REPORTS. GUNS FIRE THE RAMPAGE ENDED. ONE MAN AGAINST THE WORLD. GUNS FIRE GUNS ABLAZE... THEN A CABIN ABLAZE. BY MORNING, IN THE CHARRED FOUNDATIONS, POLICE CONFIRMED THEY FOUND A BODY. THERE IS A LOT OF APPREHENSION TODAY IN ANY KIND OF CELEBRATION, BECAUSE THIS REALLY IS NOT A CELEBRATION. AS THEY WORKED TO IDENTIFY AND CONFIRM THE BODY AS THAT OF CHRISTOPHER DORNER (33), DETECTIVES TURNED THEIR ATTENTION TO THE FORMER POLICEMAN'S HIDING SPOT. AFTER MURDERING THREE PEOPLE, INJURING TWO OTHERS AND DECLARING A PERSONAL WAR ON HIS FORMER COLLEAGUES, DORNER SPENT THREE DAYS SHELTERING IN THIS CABIN JUST METRES FROM A POLICE HEADQUARTERS. YESTERDAY DORNER WAS STARTLED BY TWO CLEANERS. HE RAN DOWN THE ROAD AND HIJACKED A CAR. I STOPPED AND PUT MY TRUCK IN PARK AND RAISED UP MY HANDS. HE CAME TOWARDS THE WINDOW OF MY DRIVER'S SIDE, GUN POINTED AT ME STILL AND SAID, 'I DON'T WANNA HURT YOU. 'JUST GET OUT AND START WALKING AND TAKE YOUR DOG.' WITH ABOUT 12 POLICE FAMILIES STILL UNDER PROTECTION, LOS ANGELES OFFICERS GATHERED TO REMEMBER DORNER'S FIRST POLICE VICTIM. EVERY DAY, WE RENEWED OUR LOVE, AND I KNEW HOW MUCH HE LOVED ME. THERE ARE MORE FUNERALS TO COME. IN DORNER'S FINAL SHOOT-OUT, ANOTHER POLICEMAN WAS KILLED. BUT AFTER LIVING IN FEAR FOR ALMOST TWO WEEKS, CALIFORNIAN POLICE CHIEFS CONFIRMED THEY HAVE RELAXED THE STATE OF ALERT. PATROLS ARE RETURNING TO NORMAL. JACK TAME, ONE NEWS, NEW YORK. DURING HIS FIRST PUBLIC APPEARANCE SINCE HIS SHOCK RESIGNATION, THE POPE'S TOLD A CAPACITY CROWD HE'S STANDING DOWN FOR THE GOOD OF THE CHURCH. HE'S HELD HIS LAST SCHEDULED PUBLIC MASS AT THE VATICAN. EUROPE CORRESPONDENT GARTH BRAY WAS ONE OF THE FEW JOURNALISTS ALLOWED IN TO OBSERVE. BAND PLAYS UPBEAT MUSIC THE MOOD WAS ALREADY FESTIVE AS PILGRIMS HEADED INTO THE VATICAN FOR AN AUDIENCE WITH POPE BENEDICT. AUDIENCE CHEERS THIS IS A WEEKLY FIXTURE, BUT HIS IMMINENT DEPARTURE AND THE BREAK WITH CENTURIES OF TRADITION EXCITED HUGE INTEREST. TRANSLATOR: I'M WELL AWARE OF THE GRAVITY OF SUCH AN ACT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I'M AWARE OF NOT BEING ABLE TO CARRY OUT MY PAPAL MINISTRY WITH THE PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL STRENGTH THAT IT REQUIRES. FROM MY POSITION INSIDE THE HALL, POPE BENEDICT APPEARED LIKE A MAN FEELING EVERY ONE OF HIS 85 YEARS OF AGE. BUT THAT CHANGED. AS HE SPOKE, HE SEEMED TO DRAW ENERGY FROM CROWD'S RESPONSE. HE SPOKE UNFALTERINGLY FOR 15 MINUTES, AGAIN EXPLAINING WHY HE WAS STEPPING DOWN AS POPE. HOURS LATER, A MORE SOMBRE CONGREGATION ATTENDED THE POPE'S LAST SCHEDULED PUBLIC MASS. IT WAS MOVED FROM A SMALL CHURCH TO ST PETER'S BASILICA TO ACCOMMODATE THE LARGE CROWD. THE POPE ASKED THEM TO PRAY FOR HIM, THE CHURCH AND FOR THE FUTURE POPE. THIS VATICAN VETERAN BELIEVES SOME OF THE OLDER CANDIDATES FOR POPE NOW HAVE A STRONGER CHANCE. BECAUSE THEY TOO CAN RETIRE, THERE'S LESS FEAR THEY'LL LINGER ON WELL PAST THEIR PRIME. THEY WILL FEEL FREER NOW TO ELECT AN OLDER MAN WHO HAS GOT THE ENERGY AND PHYSICAL AND MENTAL STRENGTH. BY THE TIME THE CARDINALS ARE VOTING IN SECRET, BENEDICT XVI WILL BE GONE FROM HERE. ON THE LAST DAY OF FEBRUARY, A HELICOPTER WILL CARRY HIM FROM THE VATICAN TO THE PAPAL SUMMER PALACE, CASTLE GANDOLFO, JUST BEFORE SUNSET. GARTH BRAY, ONE NEWS, ROME. SIX JOURNALISTS FROM THE NOW DEFUNCT BRITISH TABLOID 'NEWS OF THE WORLD' HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE PHONE HACKING SCANDAL. THREE MEN AND THREE WOMEN ARE BEING QUESTIONED ON SUSPICION OF CONSPIRACY TO INTERCEPT PHONE CALLS. THE PAPER WAS CLOSED DOWN IN 2011 FOLLOWING OUTRAGE OVER HUNDREDS OF CASES OF PHONE HACKING INVOLVING CELEBRITIES AND VICTIMS OF HIGH-PROFILE CRIMINAL CASES. THE TABLOID'S PUBLISHER 'NEWS INTERNATIONAL' HAS CONFIRMED TWO OF THE LATEST ARRESTS RELATE TO PEOPLE CURRENTLY WORKING FOR ITS SUN NEWSPAPER. COMING UP ` WE CHECK OUT THE NEW QUAKE-RESISTANT POLICE STATION FOR CHRISTCHURCH. NO HEARTBREAKER IN THE MARRIED LIFE OF THIS OLD ROCKER MARKING A SPECIAL VALENTINE'S DAY MILESTONE. PAT BENATART'S 'HEARTBREAKER' # YOU'RE A HEARTBREAKER, DREAM MAKER, LOVE TAKER. # DON'T YOU MESS AROUND WITH ME. # YOU'RE A HEARTBREAKER, DREAM MAKER, LOVE TAKER. 1 MARMITE FROM THE UK IS TONIGHT BACK ON SHOP SHELVES AFTER THE END OF THE LEGAL STOUSH BETWEEN SANITARIUM AND A CHRISTCHURCH IMPORTER OF THE BRITISH SPREAD. CUSTOMS RELEASED 2000 JARS OF THE BRITISH MARMITE TODAY TO SHOP OWNER ROB SAVAGE FOLLOWING AN OUT-OF-COURT AGREEMENT. THEY MUST NOW HAVE THE WORD 'MARMITE' ON THE BACK COVERED SO IT DOESN'T INFRINGE SANITARIUM'S TRADEMARK. I'D LOVE TO HAVE A MARMITE PARTY OUTSIDE, WHERE YOU JUST MAKE PEOPLE TOAST AND MARMITE ALL DAY LONG, AND IT'S TOTALLY FREE, COS THE PUBLIC HAVE BACKED ME ON THIS. MR SAVAGE ALSO SAYS THE BRITISH MARMITE IS IN HOT DEMAND, WITH DOZENS OF PRE-ORDERS. CHRISTCHURCH POLICE HAVE A NEW QUAKE-RESISTANT HEADQUARTERS. AND WHILE IT'S STILL A TEMPORARY FIXTURE, THE $22M INVESTMENT IS STATE-OF-THE-ART, AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THIS COUNTRY, HOUSES THE CORRECTIONS STAFF AS WELL. JOY REID GOT A PERSONAL TOUR FROM THE DISTRICT COMMANDER. SO THIS IS OUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS COMMAND CENTRE. IN A CITY FAMILIAR WITH DISASTERS, IT SEEMS APPROPRIATE THAT CHRISTCHURCH'S NEW POLICE STATION HOUSES THE DEPARTMENT'S FIRST EVER PURPOSE-BUILT DISASTER CONTROL ROOM. IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT OF ANOTHER NATURAL DISASTER OR EARTHQUAKE, WE'D ACTIVATE THIS. BUT THAT'S JUST ONE OF THE CHANGES. EACH OF THE CELLS WILL HAVE TWO PRISONERS, AND THEY'LL BE DOUBLE BUNKED. AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS THAT STUDIES SHOW THAT IF YOU PUT TWO PRISONERS TOGETHER, THEY'RE LESS LIKELY TO SELF-HARM. THE NEW STATION IS SINGLE STOREY, OPEN PLAN AND AS OF TODAY, OFFICIALLY OPEN. WHAT MAKES IT UNIQUE IS THAT IT'S THE FIRST TIME A POLICE STATION HAS BEEN BUILT TOGETHER WITH THE CORRECTIONS TEAM. WE'RE ALL ABOUT WANTING TO REDUCE REOFFENDING AND KEEPING THE PUBLIC SAFE, SO THIS MOVE JUST BUILDS ON A STRONG RELATIONSHIP THAT WE'VE ALREADY GOT. A LOT OF THEIR CLIENTS ARE OUR CLIENTS, SO WE'RE ABLE TO SHARE INTELLIGENCE. WE'RE ABLE TO SHARE INFORMATION AND WORK CLOSER TOGETHER. IT'S TAKEN 10 MONTHS TO TRANSFORM THIS SITE INTO A 7500M2 STATION. AND IT HOUSES MORE THAN 500 STAFF. IT REPLACES THE FORMER 13-STOREY BUILDING WHICH, AS A RESULT OF THE QUAKES IS... ...DEPRESSING. TODAY, THOUGH, IT GOT A BIG TICK FROM SOMEONE WHO'S WORKED IN THE PREVIOUS THREE HEADQUARTERS. THIS IS ALL OPEN PLAN. WE HAVEN'T GOT SMALL OFFICES THAT WE'RE CRAMMED IN. WE'RE ALL TOGETHER. IT'S GREAT. GREAT FOR SEVEN TO 10 YEARS AT LEAST, BEFORE AUTHORITIES ARE SET TO MOVE AGAIN INTO A JUSTICE PRECINCT PLANNED IN THE CITY REBUILD. JOY REID, ONE NEWS. COUPLES AROUND THE COUNTRY HAVE BEEN CELEBRATING THEIR LOVE ON VALENTINE'S DAY TODAY, BUT ONE MAN WANTED TO GO A BIT MORE PUBLIC WITH HIS DECLARATION. FIREFIGHTER AUSTIN JENNINGS POPPED THE BIG QUESTION TO HIS PARTNER, NATASHA SALT, LIVE ON TV ONE'S BREAKFAST SHOW. TASH, WILL YOU MARRY ME? (GIGGLES) < WOMAN: SAY IT. YES, PLEASE. SOFT LAUGHTER IN CASE YOU MISSED THAT, SHE DID SAY YES. NO WORD YET ON WHEN THE BIG DAY WILL BE. AND LOVE IS STILL IN THE AIR FOR A VETERAN ROCK CHICK WHOSE BIG DAY WAS NEARLY 31 YEARS AGO. PAT BENATAR FRONTED UP TO ONE NEWS ON VALENTINE'S DAY TO TALK ABOUT THOSE CLASSIC HITS ABOUT LOVE, WHICH STILL RESONATE TODAY. SHARON FERGUSSON SPOKE TO HER. # WE ARE YOUNG. # THAT WAS 1983. AND WHILE STILL YOUNG, LOVE IS NO LONGER A BATTLEFIELD FOR PAT BENATAR AND HER PRODUCER/HUSBAND, NEIL GIRALDO. I'M JUST HOPING THEY'RE NOT EXPECTING US TO BE 26. WE ROCK LIKE WE'RE 21, THOUGH. COME ON, WHAT ARE YA TALKING ABOUT? WE'RE GONNA ROCK HARD. WE ROCK HARD. WE DO. WE DO. LET ME TELL YOU THAT. TRUST ME WITH THAT THOUGHT. WE'RE CUTER NOW, ANYWAY. YOU'RE CUTER. CUTER AND MORE CONSIDERED. SOME SONGS YOU GROW OUT OF, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THAT HAPPENS. YOU KNOW, YOUR WHOLE PERSPECTIVE CHANGES WHERE YOU ARE IN YOUR LIFE. AND SOME SONGS DON'T FIT AS WELL FOR YOU AS BEFORE. SO YOU DO THEM ANYWAY, BUT THOSE ARE ALWAYS, LIKE, KINDA FUNNY. BUT A LOT OF THEM JUST STAND UP AND THEY WORK, ESPECIALLY, LIKE, 'HEARTBREAKER' AND 'PROMISES IN THE DARK' AND 'BATTLEFIELD'. YOU CAN DO THOSE FOREVER. # YOU'RE A HEART BREAKER, DREAM MAKER, LOVE TAKER. # DON'T YOU MESS AROUND WITH ME # AND IT MUST FEEL LIKE FOREVER SOMETIMES. THEY'VE BEEN PERFORMING SOME OF THESE HITS FOR 35 YEARS. BUT FOUR GRAMMIES AND 14 TOP-40 SINGLES SAYS IT'S A WINNING FORMULA. # WE CAN'T AFFORD TO BE INNOCENT. # IF I COME UP WITH AN IDEA, I'LL WRITE A SONG. I'LL BRING A SONG IDEA TO PATRICIA, SHE LOOKS AT IT. IF SHE LIKES IT, WE CONTINUE ON WITH IT. IF SHE DON'T LIKE IT, WE CONTINUE ON WITH IT. BUT AT SOME POINT, SHE WILL LIKE IT, AND IT'LL BE A GOOD THING THAT WE DO. # WE BELONG TO THE SOUND OF THE WORDS WE'RE BOTH FALLING UNDER # THE NIGHT OF THE WELLINGTON CONCERT NEXT WEEK IS THEIR 31ST WEDDING ANNIVERSARY, AND AFTER THIS TRIP, THE COUPLE PLAN TO RENEW THEIR VOWS. SHARON FERGUSSON, ONE NEWS. LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES ` OUTRAGE HAS GREETED NEWS THAT DOUBLE-MURDERER MARK LUNDY'S WON HIS BID TO APPEAL HIS CONVICTION TO THE PRIVY COUNCIL IN LONDON HE WAS FOUND GUILTY OF MURDERING HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER (7) MORE THAN 10 YEARS AGO. FRIENDS AND FAMILY OF THE VICTI THE MAN WHO MURDERED BABY JJ REMAINED DEFIANT AS HE WAS JAILED FOR AT LEAST 19 YEARS. JOEL LOFFLEY STILL DENIES KILLING THE 2-YEAR-OLD IN AUCKLAND IN 2011. THE TODDLER'S FAMILY LABELLED HIM AN EVIL MONSTER. THERE ARE CONCERNS ABOUT THE LOCAL ECONOMY IN LOWER HUTT AFTER NZ POST ANNOUNCED 70 JOBS WILL BE AXED AT THIS PRINTING PLANT IN PETONE. ANOTHER 30 STAFF WILL BE CUT AT THIS SITE IN AUCKLAND. THIS FOLLOWS CONTACT ENERGY CONFIRMING A HUNDRED JOB LOSSES YESTERDAY. ANDREW'S HERE WITH SPORT, LIVE FROM THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY HALBERG AWARDS. IT'S SPORT'S NIGHT TO SHINE WE'LL SPEAK TO A COUPLE OF THE NOMINEES HERE NEXT. ALSO, THE MAN WHOSE TRUST STARTED THE AWARDS TALKS TO US ABOUT THE ANNUAL DEBATE AND THE FUTURE OF THE EVENT. PLUS, ONE OF THE SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR NOMINEES ASTOUNDS THE GOLFING WORLD AGAIN. AND RICHARD KAHUI FACES RUGBY REALITIES WITH A FUTURE IN JAPAN. WELCOME BACK TO THE HALBERG AWARDS AND THE RED CARPET HERE AT VECTOR ARENA IN AUCKLAND AS SPORT'S MOST FAMOUS ARRIVE. IN A MOMENT, WE'LL HEAR FROM THE MAN WHO STARTED IT ALL IN THIS 50TH ANNIVERSARY YEAR. d JOINING US FIRST, ONE OF T 8 FAVOURITES TO PICK UP A PR OLYMPIC KAYAK CHAMPION LISA CARRINGTON. HAS LIFE BEEN A BLUR SINCE CROSSING THAT FINISH LINE? YEAH, DEFINITELY IVE HAVE SIX WEEKS TRAINING ALL HAS GONE QUICKLY A LOT OF TRAINING? ABSOLUTELY WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR YOU AND YOUR SPORT TO BE NOMINATED? IT'S AMAZING. EVEN BEING HERE IS AWESOME SO TONIGHT ISN'T ONLY A CELEBRATION OF 2012 AND A GOLDEN YEAR FOR KIWI SPORT BUT ALSO THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY FOR THE HALBERGS. OVER RECENT YEARS, DEBATE HAS RAGED OVER NOMINEES, WINNERS AND THOSE WHO MISSED OUT. BUT THE FACT IS TONIGHT'S A FUNDRAISER FOR A TRUST THAT HAS HELPED SO MANY NZERS. HERE'S ABBY SCOTT. HE BECOMES MURRAY HALBERG, OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALLIST. IT'S A DEFINING MOMENT IN THE LIFE OF SIR MURRAY HALBERG. BUT IT'S A MOMENT HE BELIEVES LED TO HIS GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT. WINNING AT THAT LEVEL JUST GAVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEVERAGE ON SOMETHING REALLY WORTHWHILE ` WORTHWHILE FOR INDIVIDUALS, WORTHWHILE FOR OUR NATION. SIR MURRAY SET UP WHAT IS NOW KNOWN AS THE HALBERG DISABILITY SPORT FOUNDATION, A TRUST THAT WORKS TO ENSURE ALL YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE EQUAL ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY, ESPECIALLY IN SPORT. I HAD A RUGBY ACCIDENT WHICH HAS LEFT ME WITH A PARTIAL DISABILITY IN MY LEFT ARM, BUT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT NEVER HELD ME BACK. THE HALBERG AWARDS ARE A FUNDRAISING EVENT FOR THE CHARITY, BUT YOU COULD ARGUE THAT OVER THE YEARS, THEY'VE OVERSHADOWED IT, BECOMING THE PRE-EMINENT FORM OF SPORTING RECOGNITION IN NZ. PAST WINNERS ARE A WHO'S WHO OF OUR SPORTING GREATS, AND DECISIONS HAVE SOMETIMES STIRRED DEBATE. BUT FOR THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY, THE FOUNDATION IS KEEN TO REMIND EVERYONE IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE ELITE. BOY: THEY'VE ALSO FUNDED ME FOR SWIMMING LESSONS MATT GIDDY WAS ONE OF THE EVERYDAY ATHLETES BENEFITTING. THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT, ISN'T IT? PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT. A MANTRA THOSE TAKING THE PODIUM TONIGHT WOULD PROBABLY AGREE WITH. THE ADMIRATION I HAVE FOR ALL OF THEM IS JUST FANTASTIC. AND THAT, OF COURSE, IS THE SAME EFFORT AND ADMIRATION I HAVE FOR ALL OUR YOUNG PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY, WHATEVER THEY MAY BE DOING IN LIFE. ENDEAVOURS THE HALBERG FOUNDATION IS SURE TO CONTINUE SUPPORTING. ABBY SCOTT, ONE NEWS. ONE OF THE NOMINEES IN THE HOTLY CONTESTED SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR CATEGORY HAS AGAIN STUNNED THE GOLFING WORLD WITH A SENSATIONAL FIRST ROUND AT THE AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S OPEN IN CANBERRA. LYDIA KO STARTED ON THE BACK NINE AND BOGEYED THE FIRST HOLE BEFORE A HOT STREAK OF FOUR BIRDIES AND AN EAGLE OVER THE NEXT FIVE HOLES. CROWD EXCLAIMS OH, STRAIGHT IN FOR AN EAGLE. LYDIA KO MARCHING TOWARDS A SUPREME ROUND TODAY. THIS IS THE TEENAGER'S APPROACH ON THE LAST HOLE, WHICH HELPED HER TO AN UNOFFICIAL COURSE RECORD. AWESOME SHOT. AWESOME SHOT, INDEED. IT NEARLY GOES IN. FANTASTIC STUFF. SO KO FINISHED THE DAY WITH ONE EAGLE AND AN ASTOUNDING 11 BIRDIES FOR A 10-UNDER 63 ` THE CLUBHOUSE LEAD. THE 15-YEAR-OLD WAS HUMBLE AS ALWAYS. THE WEATHER AND EVERYTHING, I THINK IT HELPED A LOT. YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SEE BY THE OTHER SCORES, THERE ARE MANY LOW SCORES OUT THERE. BUT I THINK I WAS REALLY EXCITED TO PLAY WITH THE WORLD NUMBER ONE AND ALSO MICHELLE WIE, WHO'S MY FAVOURITE PLAYER. SO IT WAS A PRETTY EXCITING DAY. KO IS FIVE SHOTS AHEAD OF WORLD NUMBER ONE YANI TSENG AND, GET THIS, 11 SHOTS IN FRONT OF HER OTHER PLAYING PARTNER MICHELLE WIE. SHE'S UNDERSTANDABLY A HOT FAVOURITE IN THE 'EMERGING TALENT AWARD' AT THE HALBERGS TONIGHT. ALL BLACKS WORLD CUP WINNER RICHARD KAHUI HAS CONFIRMED HE'S OFF TO JAPAN FOR TWO YEARS. AFTER SEVERAL SHOULDER OPERATIONS AND A CAREER WRACKED BY INJURY, KAHUI'S DECIDED TO TAKE A COUPLE OF SEASONS AWAY FROM THE RIGOURS OF SUPER RUGBY. STEPHEN STUART HAS BEEN WITH KAHUI TODAY IN HAMILTON. A WEIGHT OFF HIS SHOULDERS. RICHARD KAHUI HAS DECIDED TO GIVE HIS BATTERED BODY AN EASIER TIME. HIS JAPANESE MOVE IS SUPPORTED AT CHIEFS HEADQUARTERS. YOU'VE GOT TO BE MINDFUL OF THE FACT THAT HE'S POTENTIALLY ONE INJURY AWAY FROM BEING OUT OF FOOTY AND IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR HIM TO CASH IN. THE 27-YEAR-OLD TOLD HIS TEAMMATES AT TRAINING TODAY. WE'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT IT FOR A LONG TIME ` SINCE I HAD THE INJURY LAST YEAR. IT'S KINDA BEEN FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS OF REALLY SERIOUSLY THINKING ABOUT IT BETWEEN MY FIANCEE AND I. IN FACT, INJURIES HAD HIM CONSIDERING HIS FUTURE AS LONG AS THREE AND A HALF YEARS AGO. JUST FINISHED MY BUILDING APPRENTICESHIP, WHICH IS AWESOME, BUT JUST LOOKING AT OTHER AVENUES AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES OUTSIDE RUGBY. DESPITE KAHUI'S HORROR RUN OF INJURIES, THE CHIEFS COACHING STAFF IS CONFIDENT HE CAN DELIVER THIS SEASON. I DON'T BUY IN TO THE FACT THAT HE'S GOT WEAK SHOULDERS, BY THE WAY. I THINK WE'RE DOING A BIT OF WORK ON HIS TECHNIQUE. JUST GOT TO TUCK THAT WING AWAY, AND I THINK HE'LL BE FINE. KAHUI SCORED A TRY WITH HIS FIRST ALL BLACK TOUCH IN 2008 AND HAS SCORED 10 TRIES IN JUST 17 TESTS, ALTHOUGH ONLY STARTING SIX OF THEM AT HIS PREFERRED CENTRE SPOT. HIS DEPARTURE LEAVES THE ALL BLACK MIDFIELD LOOKING LEAN, WITH SONNY BILL WILLIAMS GONE, TAMATI ELLISON INJURED AND CONRAD SMITH TO BE RESTED AT THE END OF THE YEAR. SO EXPECT KAHUI TO BE WELCOMED BACK IN 2015. STEPHEN STUART, ONE NEWS. THE EXTENT OF AUSTRALIA'S ANTI-DOPING PROBE INTO SPORT HAS BEEN REVEALED, WITH 150 NRL AND AFL PLAYERS, STAFF AND ADMINISTRATORS SET TO BE INTERVIEWED BY INVESTIGATORS. MEANWHILE, BOXER FRANCOIS BOTHA HAS BEEN RE-TESTED FOR BANNED SUBSTANCES AT HIS HOME IN SOUTH AFRICA AS HE TRIES TO PROVE HE WAS CLEAN IN HIS CONTROVERSIAL FIGHT AGAINST SONNY BILL WILLIAMS. BOTHA'S TEST HAS COME BACK WITHOUT ANY DRUGS BEING DETECTED IN HIS SYSTEM. BUT MEDICAL OFFICIALS HERE SAY WHEN HE TESTED TWO DAYS AGO, MOST SUBSTANCES WOULD NOW BE OUT OF HIS BODY. THE SAME OFFICIALS BELIEVE THE TESTS DONE IN SOUTH AFRICA AND IN BRISBANE LAST WEEK WOULDN'T ADHERE TO WADA'S STANDARDS. IN FOOTBALL, MANCHESTER UNITED HAS THE UPPER HAND OVER REAL MADRID IN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ROUND OF 16 AFTER BATTLING TO A 1-1 DRAW IN THE FIRST LEG AT THE BERNABEU. DANNY WELBECK OPENED THE SCORING FOR THE RED DEVILS. HIS CRUCIAL AWAY GOAL CAME IN THE 20TH MINUTE. BUT IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG FOR THE HOME SIDE TO RESPOND THROUGH THEIR FORMER UNITED STAR. A BRILLIANT HEADER COMES BACK TO HAUNT HIS FORMER SIDE AND HAUL REAL MADRID LEVEL. HOW ABOUT THAT FOR A HANG IN THE AIR, BY THE WAY? LIKE A SALMON THERE AT THE BACK POST. EVRA ABSOLUTELY NOWHERE NEAR HIM. THE SECOND LEG IS AT OLD TRAFFORD IN THREE WEEKS. IN TODAY'S OTHER CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TIE, A LATE EQUALISER GAVE GERMANY'S BORUSSIA DORTMUND A 2-2 DRAW AT UKRAINIAN SIDE SHAKHTAR DONETSK. THAT MATCH LARGELY OVERSHADOWED, THOUGH, BY THE DEATHS OF FIVE FANS KILLED IN A PLANE CRASH AT DONETSK JUST HOURS BEFORE KICK-OFF. FORMER UNITED STAR DAVID BECKHAM'S TRIGGERED A MEDIA FRENZY IN PARIS, TRAINING WITH HIS NEW ST GERMAIN TEAMMATES FOR THE FIRST TIME. THE MIDFIELDER (37) WAS WATCHED BY A HUNDRED JOURNALISTS, WITH SOME TV STATIONS SCREENING THE SESSION LIVE. HE'S LIKELY TO HAVE HIS FIRST GAME FOR THE CLUB AGAINST ARCH-RIVALS MARSEILLE AT THE END OF THE MONTH. JUST BEFORE WE LEAVE YOU FROM THE HALBERGS, THE FAVOURITE FOR THE 'DISABLED ATHLETE OF THE YEAR' JOINS US ` PARALYMPICS SWIMMER SOPHIE PASCOE. THERE'S BEEN CONJECTURE ABOUTWHICH CATEGORY YOU SHOULD BE IN I PREFER TO BE IN SPORTSWOMAN THERE'S A GOOD LINE UP THOUGH YOU DESERVE BOTH� THAT'S IT FROM THE HALBERGS FOR NOW. WE'LL HAVE LIVE UPDATES ON ONENEWS.CO.NZ AND ALL THE WINNERS ON THE LATE NEWS AT 10.50. NEXT ONE ONE NEWS ` KAREN HAS A MAINLY FINE LEAD INTO THE WEEKEND, BUT WARNS OF A FEW HEAVY THUNDERY SHOWERS. WHIMSICAL MUSIC TINKLING When you save, you don't pay interest; you earn it. That makes saving the cheapest way to buy the things you want. In fact, once you start saving, you'll be surprised what you can afford. Grow your savings ` it's all part of being sorted. Meet Shelby and Greg. Hello. Hello. Hello. Whoa! They're both looking for better car-tons to get round in. Greg... is an egg. TYRES SQUEAL If only he'd been like Shelby and thought more about safety. CRASH! CRASH! Sorry! If you want to buy a new car, check safety first at our cracking new website. HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY. FINE DAY FOR MOST. JUST RIGHT FOR A ROMANTIC OUTDOOR PICNIC OR A SPOT OF SALMON FISHING ON THE WAIMAKARIRI RIVER. JUST A FEW BLEMISHES. SOME SHOWERS IN THE WEST AND SOUTH OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. FEW EARLY FOG PATCHES, AND IT WAS VERY WINDY IN THE FAR SOUTH. GUSTS OF 70KM/H RECORDED IN INVERCARGILL. MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES OVER THE NORTH ISLAND UNDER THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE STRETCHING IN FROM THE TASMAN. SOUTH-WEST FLOW OVER THE SOUTH ISLAND PUSHES CLOUD AND A FEW SHOWERS ON TO WESTERN AND SOUTHERN PARTS. BRIGHTER CLOUD JUST TO THE SOUTH-EAST ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FRONT. THAT FRONT NIBBLES THE FAR SOUTH AND THEN SLIPS AWAY TO THE EAST TOMORROW. THE WARM SECTION HERE FOLLOWING SUIT. THE HIGH STAYS PUT IN THE TASMAN BUT CONTINUES TO STRETCH OUT OVER THE NORTH ISLAND, LEAVING THE SOUTH ISLAND IN THE TAIL END OF THE SOUTH-WEST FLOW. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ FINALLY TONIGHT, HERE'S A HEART-FELT VALENTINE'S DAY GIFT. A LITTLE OUT OF LEFT FIELD, BUT DEFINITELY RARE AND UNUSUAL. WHO NEEDS CHOCOLATE OR ROSES WHEN YOU CAN HAVE A VALENTINE'S DAY POTATO? SPEAKING OF HEARTS, IT'S THE HEART FOUNDATION'S ANNUAL STREET COLLECTION TOMORROW AND SATURDAY. JIM'S BACK WITH YOU FROM TOMORROW. HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND. AND THAT'S ONE NEWS THIS THURSDAY.